ABSTRACT

This book discusses all spacecraft attitude control-related topics: spacecraft (including attitude measurements, actuator, and disturbance torques), modeling, spacecraft attitude determination and estimation, and spacecraft attitude controls. Unlike other books addressing these topics, this book focuses on quaternion-based methods because of its many merits. The book lays a brief, but necessary background on rotation sequence representations and frequently used reference frames that form the foundation of spacecraft attitude description. It then discusses the fundamentals of attitude determination using vector measurements, various efficient (including very recently developed) attitude determination algorithms, and the instruments and methods of popular vector measurements. With available attitude measurements, attitude control designs for inertial point and nadir pointing are presented in terms of required torques which are independent of actuators in use. Given the required control torques, some actuators are not able to generate the accurate control torques, therefore, spacecraft attitude control design methods with achievable torques for these actuators (for example, magnetic torque bars and control moment gyros) are provided. Some rigorous controllability results are provided.

The book also includes attitude control in some special maneuvers, such as orbital-raising, docking and rendezvous, that are normally not discussed in similar books. Almost all design methods are based on state-spaced modern control approaches, such as linear quadratic optimal control, robust pole assignment control, model predictive control, and gain scheduling control. Applications of these methods to spacecraft attitude control problems are provided. Appendices are provided for readers who are not familiar with these topics.

chapter Chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|14 pages

Orbit Dynamics and Properties

chapter Chapter 3|22 pages

Rotational Sequences and Quaternion

chapter Chapter 4|10 pages

Spacecraft Dynamics and Modeling

chapter Chapter 5|12 pages

Space Environment and Disturbance Torques

chapter Chapter 6|18 pages

Spacecraft Attitude Determination

chapter Chapter 7|6 pages

Astronomical Vector Measurements

chapter Chapter 8|8 pages

Spacecraft Attitude Estimation

chapter Chapter 9|22 pages

Spacecraft Attitude Control

chapter Chapter 10|6 pages

Spacecraft Actuators

chapter Chapter 11|54 pages

Spacecraft Control Using Magnetic Torques

chapter Chapter 12|12 pages

Attitude Maneuver and Orbit-Raising

chapter |58 pages

Attitude MPC Control

chapter Chapter 14|14 pages

Spacecraft Control Using CMG

chapter Chapter 15|18 pages

Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking